the Blackhawks, Kings, and Rangers…along with the other Original 6 arent going anywhere. other US teams that will never move are Philadelphia and Minnesota

having 3 teams in the NYC area is good if they all made the playoffs at ONE TIME(last time was 1994, ironically the last time the NHL seemed headed in the right direction!)

if my memory serves my correctly, LA made the playoffs as did Chicago

5 teams in the US 3 biggest markets…we havent seen it since….and the NHL hasnt been the same…coincidence?

]]>By: GilaMonsterhttp://hockeytraderumors.com/my-defense-of-the-new-jersey-devils/comment-page-1/#comment-97839
Thu, 18 Nov 2004 12:30:46 +0000http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=9242#comment-97839am i the only one here who has to defend the kings. they are not one of the teams that should be contracted. they have lost a ton of money but then again who hasnt. if im correct in the 2002-2003 they were 10th in attendance. this is a year in which they missed the playoffs and this past season they sold out like half their games and never had less than 17,000. and these are fans that are not supposed to care according to some people. i can honestly tell you it is one of the loudest arenas in the league. i almost went deaf at a kings game against the friggin blackhawks
]]>By: NjDEVSFNhttp://hockeytraderumors.com/my-defense-of-the-new-jersey-devils/comment-page-1/#comment-97838
Thu, 18 Nov 2004 09:15:04 +0000http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=9242#comment-97838you wonder why only a “small portion” of people didnt care? you realize that the majority of NJ is transplanted New Yorkers and Mexicans? the mexicans dont care, unless they like/heard of Scott Gomez, and New Yorkers dont care unless they never liked the Rangers…the percentage of Devils fans in NJ is small and widespread…

baseball in the area is split between Yankees Fans and Yankee haters(aka Mets fans)

the Devils dont have the “star power” when compared to the Rangers for 2 reasons

1) the Devils stars are defensive, if Stevens could score goals like Jagr did, the Devils would be fine

2) the Rangers are terrible, so hockey coverage in the area(considering the media is NYC based) is awful

a lot of Devils fans are YOUNG, you go to a game, you see tons of moms and dads with young kids…these kids cant go to weekday games unless its winter or spring break. Lamoriello has tried to get the league to put more Devils games on weekends

certain markets could care less when games are(Detroit, Colorado, Philly, and the canadian teams), but those teams who do well on weekends(like the Devils) should have more games on weekends

if the Devils rivalry games get 17000+ on a weds night, put a non-rivalry game on a weekend and get around the same number